Startup · $2.8m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Unhedged raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Loyal VC | Pre-seed | - |
| Peter Bakker | Pre-seed | $400,000 |
Companies Unhedged acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Speight | Chief Risk Officer | Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Mike Cohen | Co-founder & COO | Australian FinTech (Tue 1 Jun 2021), Australian FinTech (Tue 20 Apr 2021) |
| Saskia Albers | COO and Co-founder | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Glenn Vanbavinckhove | CTO | Australian FinTech, Startup Daily |
| Glen VanBavinckhove | CTO | Australian FinTech |
| Peter Bakker | Founder | Australian FinTech (Thu 8 Jul 2021), SmartCompany, Australian FinTech (Fri 18 Jun 2021), Australian FinTech (Tue 1 Jun 2021), Startup Daily |
| Jeremy Beasley | Growth | Australian FinTech |
| Jeremy Machet | Growth | Australian FinTech |
| Carolyn Colley | Independent Non-executive Director | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Unhedged. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Law firm Hall & Wilcox has selected ten startups for its 2022 Frank Lab accelerator, spanning climate, edutech, fintech and art, offering legal support, office space and ESIC points.
Startup Daily promotes its Money Milestones panel with SAP Concur, featuring founders of Zero Co, Unhedged and Her Black Book discussing revenue building and fundraising, recalling several earlier raises.
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Birchal's CSF Yearbook 2021 found Australian equity crowdfunding hit record levels in 2021, with $71 million raised across 89 companies, and recalls Biome Australia becoming the first CSF-backed business to join the ASX.
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Unhedged's crowdfunding offer on Birchal hit its $350,000 minimum within 45 minutes and passed $1 million in six hours, with the public offer opening on 18 June.
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Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.
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Robo-advisor Unhedged raised a $500,000 pre-seed round led by Canadian VC Loyal VC plus 18 individuals, ahead of launching its AI-driven algorithmic investing app, and hired Glenn Vanbavinckhove as CTO.
Profile of Unhedged, a Melbourne and Sydney fintech using AI for algorithmic investing, recalling a fast $500,000 raise and flagging a fund launch and crowdfunding round ahead.